by our College Data Analytics TeamPharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences is a major offered under the health professions program of study at University of Southern California. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in pharmacy, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at USC was $1,995 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $47,880 | $47,880 |
| Fees | $835 | $835 |
pharmacy who receive their doctor’s degree from USC make an average of $127,993 a year during the early days of their career. That is 16% higher than the national average of $110,773.
Online degrees for the USC pharmacy doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the USC Online Learning page.
About 63.6% of the students who received their Doctorate in pharmacy in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 62.5%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in pharmacy at USC in 2019-2020, 67.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 43%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 124 |
| Black or African American | 4 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 52 |
| International Students | 11 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 10 |
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Dentistry | 173 |
| Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences | 2 |
| Medicine | 173 |
| Public Health | 6 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 183 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.